Quick round up of great opportunities for the Robots & Startups community
Thank you for subscribing to Robots & Startups! Here’s a quick round up of some special opportunities that I think you’ll appreciate:
Long Horizon discount
We’d like to share a robotics VIP discount for the Encord Long Horizon Physical AI Summit, which will be held at Fort Mason in San Francisco on October 20 & 21. Not only are there great speakers but there will be plenty of opportunity for conversations moving between the stages, lounges and refreshment zones. Use “SVR35” for a 35% discount.
Robotics Evening with Intel
Silicon Valley Robotics would like to invite you to a VIP Robotics Evening with Intel on October 22 in Mountain View. This is a curated event for robotics leaders with a waitlist, so please use the access code “SVRINTEL26” and select a VIP ticket. There will be short talks about Intel’s Open Platform for Intelligent Robots and plenty of hands-on demos and networking time.
Toronto Hard Tech Venture Summit
Curated investor roundtables followed by a manufacturability q&a session. Apply to join the Summit on Oct 20 and 21 in Toronto. Exclusive discounts for Silicon Valley Robotics community at IEEE Entrepreneurship Hard Tech Venture Summit Discount code in link or use “CSVROB26T”.
NIST Humanoid Challenge and Humanoids 2026
IEEE Humanoids 2026 will be held at Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec 6 to 9 and 10 years after the DARPA Robotics Challenge, NIST is launching a new Loco-Manipulation Challenge. Bring your own humanoids or use the provided robots! Register your interest in participating before the end of October, and early bird pricing closes October 20.
FUSE SF discount
A brand new event dedicated to localization for autonomous systems is coming to SF on Nov 19 with our partners Point One Navigation. The FUSE SF Conference is a one day, one track event dedicated to system deployments at scale. Join leading robotics engineers in San Francisco to discuss the system design patterns they’ve used to successfully ship at scale. Use “SVR30%” for an SVR Members Only discount.
SVR Startup Pitch Showcase
We are looking for 8 early stage robotics startups (raised less than $5 million to date) to present your five minute pitches in front of a panel of investors on Nov 12 at the Korea/SV Physical AI Day at Plug’n’Play. Apply here before Oct 30.
RAS Award Nominations Open til Nov 15
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award for Product Innovation
This award is given to companies, and has a strong list of previous winners (e.g., iRobot, Aldebaran Robotics, Clearpath Robotics, Fetch Robotics, ANYbotics, and Sarcos Robotics.
IEEE Inaba Technical Award for Innovation Leading to Production
This one focuses on technical innovation leading to a commercialized product. It hasn’t been awarded in several years, due to lack of nominations. Previous winners include Roland Siegwart, Ken Salisbury, Rodney Brooks, and Masahiro Fujita
Early Government or Industry Career Award in Robotics and Automation
Criteria is < 7 years since most advanced academic degree, and focus is on impact in government or industry. Some previous winners include Nicola Tomatis, Rainer Bischoff, Ayanna Howard, Paolo Pirjanian, and Torsten Kroeger
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